Phylogenetic analysis of the pathogenic anaerobe Clostridium perfringens using the 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence. |
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Authors: | B Canard T Garnier B Lafay R Christen S T Cole |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | Clostridium perfringens, the first pathogenic clostridium examined, was placed in the nonmycoplasma subgroup of the low-dG+dC-content gram-positive cluster on the basis of the results of a phylogenetic analysis in which we used 16S rRNA comparisons. The closest relative that has been identified to date is Clostridium pasteurianum. |
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